Chak Dhoom Dhoom is just another dance competition

Chak Dhoom Dhoom is a me-too dance contest for kids aged six to 14 we guess, because a few “over age” children were disqualified, making one disgruntled boy weep copiously and say on camera, “Mere dada daadi ka sapna tha ki main dancer banoon aur main agar yeh dance contest jeet jata toh main unke budhape ka sahara ban jaata”. Excuse me, this is too much. Parents and now grandparents expecting their children to win dance contests to support them!

So you have tiny moppets of all shapes and sizes (including the cho-chweet rotund kids showing their backside and mouthing ‘Jahanpanah tohfa kabool kijiye’. Aamir Khan, take a rap!), their faces made up and contorting their agile, fragile bodies to make the cut. Saroj Khan, Ahmed Khan and Vindu Dara Singh are looking for their P3s (perfect dance, perfect expressions and perfect technique) and we thought no one is perfect!

The show doesn’t offer you anything we haven’t seen before… the same old sob stories, weeping parents, super enthusiastic kids, some sweet and innocent while others who could put grown-ups to shame with their hip moves and pouts and pirouettes.

We do have a bone to pick with the judges though. It’s a bit confusing as to how they operate and pick and choose. Like there was this girl who was a good dancer but wasn’t given a chance only because she stuck to one dance form. Even when she assured the judges she could do other forms, the judges said, ‘You get only one opportunity’ which was a bit unfair because that girl could have impressed them only if she had got another chance. Ditto, another boy who wasn’t treated fairly! On the other hand, another girl got selected only because she “promised to work hard”. We guess it’s all about catching the judges on a right day! And what is it about Ahmed Khan giving ‘friendship bands’ to selected kids...No connection, boss.

Interesting, a little boy, Sushanket Mishra from Bhubaneshwar who didn’t get selected in this show appeared for the DID Little Masters and got chosen. You win some, you lose some.